Published on: January 6, 2024
Snippets : 6 JANUARY 2024
Snippets : 6 JANUARY 2024
- Padma Shri awardee Rani Machaiah, an esteemed exponent of the Ummathat folk dance art of Kodagu (Coorg), has been named the ‘Coorg Person of the Year 2023’
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully tested a 100 W-class Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell-based Power System (FCPS) in its orbital platform, POEM3, which was launched on board PSLV-C58
- Tata Passenger Electric Mobility (TPEM) – first advanced Pure EV architecture—acti.ev (pronounced as active) of India + By Tata Motors Ltd. subsidiary + spawn a variety of products with multiple body styles and sizes, the company said in a statement
- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has submitted three nominations from India for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) of Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) & Udaipur (Rajasthan) under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
- A new plant species of Polygonum genus has been discovered at Gol Pahadi Island of the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Maharashtra
- South Korea recently introduced a new visa for foreigners allowing them to visit the country on a working holiday or workation
- Researchers at IISER Bhopal recently developed a new photocatalyst called UC-POP-Au, which absorbs the entire spectrum of light, making it a potent catalyst for chemical processes
- Union Cabinet cleared a nearly Rs 5,000-crore climate-science package. Aims to install more sensors for collecting weather and ocean data as well as developing high-quality computer simulation models for better weather prediction for five-years by Ministry of Earth Sciences
- PRITHvi VIgyan (PRITHVI) scheme cleared by Union government. It is Initiative of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) that aims to enhance the understanding of the Earth and its vital signs for Time period for 2021-26
- Researchers recently created the world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphene. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms. New research has overcome graphene research in ‘band gap,’ – important electronic property that allows semiconductors to switch on and off
